South Korea proposes military talks with North Korea

Seoul( CNN) South Korea’s brand-new government is do overtures to the North, proposing military talks at the Demilitarized Zone( DMZ) that separates the two challengers.

In an is making an effort to settle rising strains on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Defense Ministry has proposed talks between representatives of the two countries’ armeds on July 21 at Tongil-gak on the North Korean side of Panmunjom, the so-called truce hamlet in the DMZ.

The talks at Panmunjon would be aimed at ending “hostile acts” between the two, which “escalate armed pressure, ” according to a statement from South Korean Deputy Defense Minister, Seo Joo-seok.